Google’s Closure compiler, for optimizing and transpling JavaScript, no longer needs Java to run. Instead, Java source code is compiled to JavaScript so it can run under Node.js or in a browser ...

A closure in JavaScript gives a function access to its parent’s scope. It’s a terribly confusing concept for developers. When I was learning JavaScript, I spent hours debugging code that had ...

In addition to opening the library, Google has also announced the availability of the Closure Compiler, a JavaScript compression and optimization tool with a number of advanced features. In ...